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Praia da Preguiça

Bahia · Brazil

IntermediateBeach break-12.979, -38.518

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Praia da Preguiça is a W-facing sand beach on the Brazil shoreline, opening onto the Coastal Waters — it catches S–NW swell, and offshore NE–E winds tidy the banks through year-round.

10-day forecast

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Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~25.7°C (78.3°F) on average

Jan

27.6°C

81.7°F · 26.8–28.6°C

Feb

28.1°C

82.6°F · 27.1–29.2°C

Mar

28.5°C

83.3°F · 27.2–29.6°C

Apr

28.4°C

83.1°F · 27.1–29.7°C

May

27.5°C

81.5°F · 26.4–28.5°C

Jun

26.6°C

79.9°F · 25–27.4°C

Jul

25.7°C

78.3°F · 24.6–26.9°C

Aug

25.3°C

77.5°F · 23.7–26.2°C

Sep

25.7°C

78.3°F · 25–26.7°C

Oct

26.2°C

79.2°F · 25.3–27.3°C

Nov

26.7°C

80.1°F · 25.8–27.7°C

Dec

27°C

80.6°F · 26–27.9°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

S–NW

Best wind

NE–E

Break type

Beach break

Best season

Year-round

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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